Well, this one is a bit longer than most of my chapter, mostly because
there are two different scenes. And for anyone who has read my story, I
changed around chapter three a lot. And yes, it's a lot so it's worth re-
reading before checking out this chapter.
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Chapter Four: New friends and Old friends
As Lakki walked through the door, it closed behind him, and the oblivion of colors suddenly turned into a bright sky with a croup of caramel colored clouds bustling through the air at full speeds, and he felt like he was being pushed in all directions as he few through the air. For a moment, it was like a joy ride, then he started to fall. He started to fall, deeper and deeper, all the way down until he hit something with a loud 'thud' and a scream.
Even though he fell from such a long way down, when he landed he didn't so much as blink. No muscle in his body felt pulled or stretched inside, and no bones felt the least bit bruised or broken. Everything was as if he never fell, but that he'd been sitting there the whole time instead of falling from the sky.
Lakki was lying down flat on his back, over the green grass that dawned over every bit of land he could see. He was staring at the sky though, the clouds he found furiously fighting through the air looking like peaceful little marshmallows floating. Thinking of Marshmallows, he suddenly realized that he hadn't eaten or drank in more than two days.
Lakki sat up, looking around, not seeing any sign of life other than him. From nearly every direction he looked it was just the smooth layer of grass, occasionally a few flowers rising through the ground. His deep red eyes blinked once or twice from the bright lights that surrounded him and the open field. He watched as the wind blew the flora and grass as the clouds moved forwards.
Then Lakki noticed, in only one direction was a small wood. It was a long way to it, and seemed like it might at least take a day. But could he really wait to eat that long?
"Food..."
Thinking about it made his stomach rumble more than he wanted to, and it was one of those things you wanted to keep out of your mind but all it wanted to do was remind you how hungry you were. Then he shifted him mind to think about why he was even here. Could he be in another part of Spira? Oh yeah, the voice. It told him to look for her.
"Maybe she's in the woods."
Lakki lifted himself of the ground, looking over in the direction of the woods. For a moment, he didn't remember the hunger and thirst at all. I guess sleeping for so long stumped it just a bit. Some people never seem hungry after they wake up. And even better, if you could call the situation he was in good, he wasn't the least bit sick feeling anymore, although that rash on his neck was there with a heavy scar.
Lakki started to walk onward, one hour, two, three, blindly admiring the serene land before him and around. It reminded him a lot of home, only there was no one to talk to. Occasionally there was a butterfly fluttering around picking off at the flowers, but you couldn't talk to that. The only sound was the wind.
"This is boring," he sighed as he continued to walk through the grass. "Why would someone build a hole just so you could be in grass? Hey, maybe it's a land Blitzball field! But where's the blitzball..Huh?"
Not to far from the woods, an hour at least passing by since he was really thinking of anything, he saw someone in front of the woods. Lakki stopped in his tracks, squinting his eyes and holding his hand a little above his eyes to see clearer. It was a girl, who had very long brown hair pulled back from a yellow headband, and there was a single hair coming down on her face showing off the crystal blue eyes she had that looked bright and welcoming. Her skin, though not as pale as his or his Mother Lulu's, looked just about the same tone as his Aunt Yuna's, though she looked much, much younger.
Feeling safe from harm, he rose up his hand and started to wave.
"Hey!" he said as loud as he could. The girl, kneeling down and looking towards the ground, looked up very suddenly and searched in every direction except the one he was in.
"Over here!" he cried again. Saying those lines made him feel strange inside- It was jus like those lines in the story books Yuna read to him about people on journeys. The very thought of his own adventure starting made him smile rather than feeling scared.
The girl finally spotted him, and she couldn't believe what she was seeing. But his clothes were an exact replica of it.
"A Spiran boy," she whispered. "It can't be. Not a single Spiran has ever come back here since the King came, and he said the war with Sin was over and no one could come here again. How?"
It was true that the very boy he saw was completely Spiran. His shirt was sleeveless, slightly tight around his body and thin shirt looking like it was made of tough Al Bhed material. It was a dark caramel, barely matching with his pale complexion and brown hair so dark it looked almost black. His little red eyes looked excited, which for her was a surprise. She would have thought to find fear. Maybe he's from the village?
"Are you listening?" Lakki yelled out, deciding to run out to her instead of waiting. When he was in front of her, just only an inch or so taller when she was sitting he said, "Have you been the one talking to me?"
Talking to him? What was he saying? How could she ever talk to him if she'd never even met him before?
"I'm sorry," she replied. "You must have me mistaken for someone else. I hope you don't mind my asking, but are you from 'Death Zanarkand'?"
"Huh?" His face slid from a look of joy and curiosity to a look of confusion. Then he fell on the ground and laughed.
"Zanarkand?! That's a big word!" He paused and looked up at her. "What's a Zan-are-kand?"
"Obviously you're not from there." she sighed. "You must be from Spira then."
"Hey, my Mommy and Daddy's house is on Spira! That's my house too, you know. It's really pretty and big and stuff! Yup it's on Spira alright! You know where I live!"
She was surprised by this boy's attitude. At first he was excited, then a little serious with his question, then confused, then excited again. Thinking of it all made her head spin, and it was only about a couple minutes!
"You must be new here," she said warmly, although he was just as confused as him, even though he seemed not to worry about it. She stood up and took his little hand, all of her finger just enough for him to grasp onto. She smiled affectionately. "I'll take you to my house across the woods and I can get you something to eat. Oh by the way, my name is Forest."
"That's a funny name," he blurted out. "Why do you want to be named after trees? I've never seen a forest before, because we live in a-a- I think it's 'tropical', but Mommy said it's different."
Forest giggled, walking off with this mysterious Spiran boy to her home, still wondering how anyone, especially a child could penetrate the barrier the King or Zanarkand created.
Yuna opened her eyes slowly, feeling too tired and lazy to move because of the constant rocking of the ship. It continuously moved back and forth, and she could feel every curve it made, but it didn't make her sick thank goodness. It to be honest relaxed her, and that was probably why she was so tired.
She sat up on her bed, which was hooked by its' side into the hall firmly and held its' position perfectly. She covered her mouth as she yawned, taking a look at her room she was graciously given by the captain.
It was very small, fit for only one person (although it had two passengers). It was all completely made out of wood, from the walls to the floor to the ceiling. In the center was a lantern, its' light completely out, with bits of smoke still puffing out from last night. There was no dresser, no counter or stand, and the only other thing to sit on other than her bed was the one above hers. This bed was hooked onto the wall the exact same way, just as firm, and was used to keep her new friend from sleeping in the same bed as her. After all, it was the only room available.
"Rhett, are you awake?" she asked as she started to straighten her hair with her fingers. Honestly, she helped save the world and they couldn't even get her a comb to use. They could pay a little bit more respect to an ex-summoner. She waited for a reply but nothing came.
"Rhett!" she repeated a bit more loudly, banging the bottom of the bunk like it was a door. Then she heard a thump noise and a groan. She stood up from her bed and looked over his and saw him rubbing his hand on the top of his forehead. She giggled a little bit.
"Damn bunk," he muttered. "I'm too big for it! For the past three days I have had a headache due to you screaming your head off and waking me from a nice sleep!"
"Oh please!" Yuna replied, looking away to fix her bed. "I'm in no better situation than you, so be quiet! You don't hear me complaining." "Argh. Women and their manipulative little minds."
Yuna giggled again, replying, "It was your choice to be with an older manipulative woman. And you may be in luck. We're supposed to land in Moonflow in about an hour or so."
"Really?!" Rhett immediately jumped off his bed and danced around on the floor with joy. "Yes, yes YES! Thank the God that doesn't exist almighty!"
He turned to Yuna and grabbed her wrist, pulling open the door and dashed up the stairs that was in the center hall aligned with the rooms facing opposite of each other. They were on the deck, and Rhett's already joyous expression grew as he saw the ship just stopping in the port. But he noticed this strange creature next to the port that made him have second thoughts about getting off..
It was huge, the biggest creature he had ever seen in his life, with colors ranging from a dull gray to a bright green, and very beady black little eyes. Its feet were humungous, and its' nose, if you could call it a nose, was curled up because it was so long. But it seemed to behave fine among the bustle.
"Um, Yuna," he said a little nervous. "Yeah, um, what's that? Is it gonna step on us or something?"
"No!" she said laughing. "No, no, no! That's called a Shoopuf! Their really calm, and very obedient!"
"Yeah, betcha you wouldn't say that if it stepped on you.."
"What was that?"
"Nothing!"
When the ship stopped Rhett was eager to step off. He was so glad to be on land after three full days of being isolated from people. Sure there were people on board the ship, but they weren't much to talk to since they were all to 'adultly' to talk to a 'young boy'. Yeah right. He was nineteen years old, how could they call him a little kid?
The scenery hadn't changed much since five years ago. In fact, the scenery hadn't changed in the least bit. It was as if time had frozen since she'd left. Each road was still that toasty brown road, same signs pointing into the same directions. It was a strange feeling of Deja-vu.
"This is just like the old days when we were together," she said quietly to herself. A warm pride filled up inside her. It felt so much like the old days, just like she said before. The only difference was that her friends weren't here to admire it with her. She only had Rhett, a boy who only saw it as a travel with a girl. Nothing more special. Of course she didn't want anything special, but a little comfort would be nice.
"WHOA!" Rhett screamed all of a sudden, ringing Yuna around the neck and throwing her a bit off-balance. "Check out that babe! She's hot!"
Never mind, Yuna thought. I really don't need any comfort form him. He pointed out to the girl, and suddenly Yuna's eyes lit up. Her back was towards the two right now, but Yuna would recognize this young woman in a second. She had such a cute body, very perky and small. The curves on her body had gotten a little curvier though, but it's obvious why. It's been five years, and she was sixteen then! That would make her. twenty-one? She's a grown up woman now!
"I know who that is!" she bursted suddenly, hugging Rhett tightly around the middle and kissing his cheek. "Thanks for pointing her out, it's been five years since I've seen Rikku!"
"..Okay." He sounded very surprised, but of course he wouldn't tell. Yuna let go of him and smiled, patting him on the head like he was a dog and giggling. She figured he must be a little embarrassed from her kissing him, even if it wasn't on the lips and especially nearby a cute girl. Luckily there weren't any crowds at all so she was easy to spot. In fact, there were only a handful of tourists walking about. The girl she knew so well was standing not far from the port, but at the tiny stand where people often sold goods. It looked like she was arguing with one of the merchants.
"Listen, I don't want to pay for this!" she shouted. The merchant was in a corner, cowering at the girl who was yelling at him. "This product you gave me is a dud! If I wanted a dud Elixir, than I would be willing to pay for it, isn't that right?!"
"Y-Yes ma'am," The merchant replied nervously, taking back the Elixir she literally shoved into his face. Then she stormed off with her hands on her hips, her nose in the air.
"Wow," Yuna said in almost a whisper. "She's become a bit conceited."
"Conceited or not, I like her," Rhett replied. "What's her name again?"
"Rikku."
Rhett smiled, then jumped up and started waving a hand. "Hey Rikku! Over here!"
Rikku stopped from when she was walking and put her hands down, making her look a little calmer as she searched for the owner of the voice. Then she spotted the young boy jumping up and down hysterically waving her over. She decided she might as well see what he wanted and came by. Then she noticed and old friend beside him.
"Yunie!" she cried happily, hugging her old friend around the waits and completely ignoring her caller. "Yunie, I missed you a lot!"
"I missed you too!" the ex-summoner replied happily, squeezing her back. They were both expressing their excitement with little fits of giggles, and loosely let go of each other for a second to their faces. Then they hugged again even tighter then before.
Rhett sat down on the smoothened dirt road, apparently bored, and simply waited for their happiness and momentary jubilation to end. Just out of boredom, he decided to examine Yuna's old friend Rikku a little more. He noticed she looked almost exactly the same as he saw her in the textbook he read, now that he recalled it, except her body was built a bit more slender and maturely than before. He read that she was a bit hyper, and he could already tell there was no change in that.
She had one some different clothes than the book showed though. Instead of that tank top with blue streamer and tight green shorts, she had an elastic- like substance, a dark navy blue covering the top part of the body from her neck down her arms and over her hands like long gloves. For the bottom half she had the same kind of clothes dark blue, very tight and fitting around her skin, with a large thin green belt around her waist, carrying several fire arms and a bag probably full of items.
"Man, you sure have great friends Yuna," he muttered under his breath, moving his eyes thoroughly up and down her body. Rikku let go of Yuna, looking down at the young teenager in utter disgust.
"Stop looking at me like that!" she demanded, sticking her finger at the tip of his nose. "Do it again and you'll be sorry!"
"Geez, I didn't mean to make you mad. You just shouldn't dress like that if you really don't want guys staring at you like mad hounds."
"Think next time, okay?"
Yuna watched and she even managed to hold back her laughing as she saw Rikku having full control over this boy. She didn't think acting like that would really give you the upper advantage, but from the Al Bhed's display, it obviously does. Rhett, who noticed the smirk on Yuna's face, scowled in reply.
"Yuna, never mind. You don't have nice friends," he muttered under his breath.
Rikku overheard him, and instead of yelling at him again, to his surprise, she laughed. Then she pulled back her finger and reached out a hand to help him up from the ground.
"You really thought I was mean?" she asked. Rhett nodded, taking her hand and jerking away as soon as it wasn't needed anymore. She giggled a little, saying, "No, that was just an act. What's funny is you actually fell for it!"
"What?! ... Well, I- uh, I'm surprised you actually fell for my acting too! Geez, women are so dense sometimes."
The three of them laughed together at his joke, easily becoming fast friends
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Chapter Four: New friends and Old friends
As Lakki walked through the door, it closed behind him, and the oblivion of colors suddenly turned into a bright sky with a croup of caramel colored clouds bustling through the air at full speeds, and he felt like he was being pushed in all directions as he few through the air. For a moment, it was like a joy ride, then he started to fall. He started to fall, deeper and deeper, all the way down until he hit something with a loud 'thud' and a scream.
Even though he fell from such a long way down, when he landed he didn't so much as blink. No muscle in his body felt pulled or stretched inside, and no bones felt the least bit bruised or broken. Everything was as if he never fell, but that he'd been sitting there the whole time instead of falling from the sky.
Lakki was lying down flat on his back, over the green grass that dawned over every bit of land he could see. He was staring at the sky though, the clouds he found furiously fighting through the air looking like peaceful little marshmallows floating. Thinking of Marshmallows, he suddenly realized that he hadn't eaten or drank in more than two days.
Lakki sat up, looking around, not seeing any sign of life other than him. From nearly every direction he looked it was just the smooth layer of grass, occasionally a few flowers rising through the ground. His deep red eyes blinked once or twice from the bright lights that surrounded him and the open field. He watched as the wind blew the flora and grass as the clouds moved forwards.
Then Lakki noticed, in only one direction was a small wood. It was a long way to it, and seemed like it might at least take a day. But could he really wait to eat that long?
"Food..."
Thinking about it made his stomach rumble more than he wanted to, and it was one of those things you wanted to keep out of your mind but all it wanted to do was remind you how hungry you were. Then he shifted him mind to think about why he was even here. Could he be in another part of Spira? Oh yeah, the voice. It told him to look for her.
"Maybe she's in the woods."
Lakki lifted himself of the ground, looking over in the direction of the woods. For a moment, he didn't remember the hunger and thirst at all. I guess sleeping for so long stumped it just a bit. Some people never seem hungry after they wake up. And even better, if you could call the situation he was in good, he wasn't the least bit sick feeling anymore, although that rash on his neck was there with a heavy scar.
Lakki started to walk onward, one hour, two, three, blindly admiring the serene land before him and around. It reminded him a lot of home, only there was no one to talk to. Occasionally there was a butterfly fluttering around picking off at the flowers, but you couldn't talk to that. The only sound was the wind.
"This is boring," he sighed as he continued to walk through the grass. "Why would someone build a hole just so you could be in grass? Hey, maybe it's a land Blitzball field! But where's the blitzball..Huh?"
Not to far from the woods, an hour at least passing by since he was really thinking of anything, he saw someone in front of the woods. Lakki stopped in his tracks, squinting his eyes and holding his hand a little above his eyes to see clearer. It was a girl, who had very long brown hair pulled back from a yellow headband, and there was a single hair coming down on her face showing off the crystal blue eyes she had that looked bright and welcoming. Her skin, though not as pale as his or his Mother Lulu's, looked just about the same tone as his Aunt Yuna's, though she looked much, much younger.
Feeling safe from harm, he rose up his hand and started to wave.
"Hey!" he said as loud as he could. The girl, kneeling down and looking towards the ground, looked up very suddenly and searched in every direction except the one he was in.
"Over here!" he cried again. Saying those lines made him feel strange inside- It was jus like those lines in the story books Yuna read to him about people on journeys. The very thought of his own adventure starting made him smile rather than feeling scared.
The girl finally spotted him, and she couldn't believe what she was seeing. But his clothes were an exact replica of it.
"A Spiran boy," she whispered. "It can't be. Not a single Spiran has ever come back here since the King came, and he said the war with Sin was over and no one could come here again. How?"
It was true that the very boy he saw was completely Spiran. His shirt was sleeveless, slightly tight around his body and thin shirt looking like it was made of tough Al Bhed material. It was a dark caramel, barely matching with his pale complexion and brown hair so dark it looked almost black. His little red eyes looked excited, which for her was a surprise. She would have thought to find fear. Maybe he's from the village?
"Are you listening?" Lakki yelled out, deciding to run out to her instead of waiting. When he was in front of her, just only an inch or so taller when she was sitting he said, "Have you been the one talking to me?"
Talking to him? What was he saying? How could she ever talk to him if she'd never even met him before?
"I'm sorry," she replied. "You must have me mistaken for someone else. I hope you don't mind my asking, but are you from 'Death Zanarkand'?"
"Huh?" His face slid from a look of joy and curiosity to a look of confusion. Then he fell on the ground and laughed.
"Zanarkand?! That's a big word!" He paused and looked up at her. "What's a Zan-are-kand?"
"Obviously you're not from there." she sighed. "You must be from Spira then."
"Hey, my Mommy and Daddy's house is on Spira! That's my house too, you know. It's really pretty and big and stuff! Yup it's on Spira alright! You know where I live!"
She was surprised by this boy's attitude. At first he was excited, then a little serious with his question, then confused, then excited again. Thinking of it all made her head spin, and it was only about a couple minutes!
"You must be new here," she said warmly, although he was just as confused as him, even though he seemed not to worry about it. She stood up and took his little hand, all of her finger just enough for him to grasp onto. She smiled affectionately. "I'll take you to my house across the woods and I can get you something to eat. Oh by the way, my name is Forest."
"That's a funny name," he blurted out. "Why do you want to be named after trees? I've never seen a forest before, because we live in a-a- I think it's 'tropical', but Mommy said it's different."
Forest giggled, walking off with this mysterious Spiran boy to her home, still wondering how anyone, especially a child could penetrate the barrier the King or Zanarkand created.
Yuna opened her eyes slowly, feeling too tired and lazy to move because of the constant rocking of the ship. It continuously moved back and forth, and she could feel every curve it made, but it didn't make her sick thank goodness. It to be honest relaxed her, and that was probably why she was so tired.
She sat up on her bed, which was hooked by its' side into the hall firmly and held its' position perfectly. She covered her mouth as she yawned, taking a look at her room she was graciously given by the captain.
It was very small, fit for only one person (although it had two passengers). It was all completely made out of wood, from the walls to the floor to the ceiling. In the center was a lantern, its' light completely out, with bits of smoke still puffing out from last night. There was no dresser, no counter or stand, and the only other thing to sit on other than her bed was the one above hers. This bed was hooked onto the wall the exact same way, just as firm, and was used to keep her new friend from sleeping in the same bed as her. After all, it was the only room available.
"Rhett, are you awake?" she asked as she started to straighten her hair with her fingers. Honestly, she helped save the world and they couldn't even get her a comb to use. They could pay a little bit more respect to an ex-summoner. She waited for a reply but nothing came.
"Rhett!" she repeated a bit more loudly, banging the bottom of the bunk like it was a door. Then she heard a thump noise and a groan. She stood up from her bed and looked over his and saw him rubbing his hand on the top of his forehead. She giggled a little bit.
"Damn bunk," he muttered. "I'm too big for it! For the past three days I have had a headache due to you screaming your head off and waking me from a nice sleep!"
"Oh please!" Yuna replied, looking away to fix her bed. "I'm in no better situation than you, so be quiet! You don't hear me complaining." "Argh. Women and their manipulative little minds."
Yuna giggled again, replying, "It was your choice to be with an older manipulative woman. And you may be in luck. We're supposed to land in Moonflow in about an hour or so."
"Really?!" Rhett immediately jumped off his bed and danced around on the floor with joy. "Yes, yes YES! Thank the God that doesn't exist almighty!"
He turned to Yuna and grabbed her wrist, pulling open the door and dashed up the stairs that was in the center hall aligned with the rooms facing opposite of each other. They were on the deck, and Rhett's already joyous expression grew as he saw the ship just stopping in the port. But he noticed this strange creature next to the port that made him have second thoughts about getting off..
It was huge, the biggest creature he had ever seen in his life, with colors ranging from a dull gray to a bright green, and very beady black little eyes. Its feet were humungous, and its' nose, if you could call it a nose, was curled up because it was so long. But it seemed to behave fine among the bustle.
"Um, Yuna," he said a little nervous. "Yeah, um, what's that? Is it gonna step on us or something?"
"No!" she said laughing. "No, no, no! That's called a Shoopuf! Their really calm, and very obedient!"
"Yeah, betcha you wouldn't say that if it stepped on you.."
"What was that?"
"Nothing!"
When the ship stopped Rhett was eager to step off. He was so glad to be on land after three full days of being isolated from people. Sure there were people on board the ship, but they weren't much to talk to since they were all to 'adultly' to talk to a 'young boy'. Yeah right. He was nineteen years old, how could they call him a little kid?
The scenery hadn't changed much since five years ago. In fact, the scenery hadn't changed in the least bit. It was as if time had frozen since she'd left. Each road was still that toasty brown road, same signs pointing into the same directions. It was a strange feeling of Deja-vu.
"This is just like the old days when we were together," she said quietly to herself. A warm pride filled up inside her. It felt so much like the old days, just like she said before. The only difference was that her friends weren't here to admire it with her. She only had Rhett, a boy who only saw it as a travel with a girl. Nothing more special. Of course she didn't want anything special, but a little comfort would be nice.
"WHOA!" Rhett screamed all of a sudden, ringing Yuna around the neck and throwing her a bit off-balance. "Check out that babe! She's hot!"
Never mind, Yuna thought. I really don't need any comfort form him. He pointed out to the girl, and suddenly Yuna's eyes lit up. Her back was towards the two right now, but Yuna would recognize this young woman in a second. She had such a cute body, very perky and small. The curves on her body had gotten a little curvier though, but it's obvious why. It's been five years, and she was sixteen then! That would make her. twenty-one? She's a grown up woman now!
"I know who that is!" she bursted suddenly, hugging Rhett tightly around the middle and kissing his cheek. "Thanks for pointing her out, it's been five years since I've seen Rikku!"
"..Okay." He sounded very surprised, but of course he wouldn't tell. Yuna let go of him and smiled, patting him on the head like he was a dog and giggling. She figured he must be a little embarrassed from her kissing him, even if it wasn't on the lips and especially nearby a cute girl. Luckily there weren't any crowds at all so she was easy to spot. In fact, there were only a handful of tourists walking about. The girl she knew so well was standing not far from the port, but at the tiny stand where people often sold goods. It looked like she was arguing with one of the merchants.
"Listen, I don't want to pay for this!" she shouted. The merchant was in a corner, cowering at the girl who was yelling at him. "This product you gave me is a dud! If I wanted a dud Elixir, than I would be willing to pay for it, isn't that right?!"
"Y-Yes ma'am," The merchant replied nervously, taking back the Elixir she literally shoved into his face. Then she stormed off with her hands on her hips, her nose in the air.
"Wow," Yuna said in almost a whisper. "She's become a bit conceited."
"Conceited or not, I like her," Rhett replied. "What's her name again?"
"Rikku."
Rhett smiled, then jumped up and started waving a hand. "Hey Rikku! Over here!"
Rikku stopped from when she was walking and put her hands down, making her look a little calmer as she searched for the owner of the voice. Then she spotted the young boy jumping up and down hysterically waving her over. She decided she might as well see what he wanted and came by. Then she noticed and old friend beside him.
"Yunie!" she cried happily, hugging her old friend around the waits and completely ignoring her caller. "Yunie, I missed you a lot!"
"I missed you too!" the ex-summoner replied happily, squeezing her back. They were both expressing their excitement with little fits of giggles, and loosely let go of each other for a second to their faces. Then they hugged again even tighter then before.
Rhett sat down on the smoothened dirt road, apparently bored, and simply waited for their happiness and momentary jubilation to end. Just out of boredom, he decided to examine Yuna's old friend Rikku a little more. He noticed she looked almost exactly the same as he saw her in the textbook he read, now that he recalled it, except her body was built a bit more slender and maturely than before. He read that she was a bit hyper, and he could already tell there was no change in that.
She had one some different clothes than the book showed though. Instead of that tank top with blue streamer and tight green shorts, she had an elastic- like substance, a dark navy blue covering the top part of the body from her neck down her arms and over her hands like long gloves. For the bottom half she had the same kind of clothes dark blue, very tight and fitting around her skin, with a large thin green belt around her waist, carrying several fire arms and a bag probably full of items.
"Man, you sure have great friends Yuna," he muttered under his breath, moving his eyes thoroughly up and down her body. Rikku let go of Yuna, looking down at the young teenager in utter disgust.
"Stop looking at me like that!" she demanded, sticking her finger at the tip of his nose. "Do it again and you'll be sorry!"
"Geez, I didn't mean to make you mad. You just shouldn't dress like that if you really don't want guys staring at you like mad hounds."
"Think next time, okay?"
Yuna watched and she even managed to hold back her laughing as she saw Rikku having full control over this boy. She didn't think acting like that would really give you the upper advantage, but from the Al Bhed's display, it obviously does. Rhett, who noticed the smirk on Yuna's face, scowled in reply.
"Yuna, never mind. You don't have nice friends," he muttered under his breath.
Rikku overheard him, and instead of yelling at him again, to his surprise, she laughed. Then she pulled back her finger and reached out a hand to help him up from the ground.
"You really thought I was mean?" she asked. Rhett nodded, taking her hand and jerking away as soon as it wasn't needed anymore. She giggled a little, saying, "No, that was just an act. What's funny is you actually fell for it!"
"What?! ... Well, I- uh, I'm surprised you actually fell for my acting too! Geez, women are so dense sometimes."
The three of them laughed together at his joke, easily becoming fast friends